Alberto Osuna

Alberto Osuna
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Bio

As a Senior (UNC)

  • Played at the University of North Carolina in 2024.
  • Departed UNC ranking No. 5 in program history with 45 career home runs.
  • 2024 NCAA Division I College World Series participant.
  • Hit .281 with 14 home runs and 56 RBI.
  • Blasted two home runs in a win over Longwood.
  • Hit two home runs against Louisville (5/10), marking his fifth career multi-homer game. Finished the game with 5 RBI.
  • Had a season-best 4 hits, including 2 doubles, going 4-for-4, at Miami (3/17).
  • Posted 2-plus hits in a total of 15 games.
  • Hit a home run in two of the team's first three games of the season, against Wagner (2/17-18).
  • Drove in 4 runs and slugged a home run at Wake Forest (3/31).
  • Added another home run against Notre Dame (4/13).
  • Homered in back-to-back games against Coastal Carolina (4/16) and NC State (4/18).
  • Recorded 2 hits, including a home run, at LSU (6/2), at Chapel Hill NCAA Regional.

As A Junior (UNC)

  • Returned to the University of North Carolina for the 2023 season.
  • Entered the season as a 2023 Preseason All American.
  • Played in 52 games and made 48 starts (50 at DH, two at 1B).
  • Ranked fourth on the team in home runs with 11.
  • Nearly half of his hits were for extra bases (11 home runs, eight doubles).
  • Homered in four consecutive games from March 14 -21 (at Charlotte, High Point, Pitt, N.C. A&T).
  • Batted .400 (16-40) in a string of 11 games from Feb. 28 - March 15.
  • Collected his lone three-hit game of the season against Penn State.
  • Drove in a season-high three runs against High Point and in game two of the Georgia Tech series.
  • Collected a pair of doubles in the ACC Baseball Championship against Virginia.
  • Homered twice during the postseason, versus Clemson in the ACC semifinals and Iowa in the Terre Haute Regional.
  • First hit of the year was a solo home run against VCU (2/28).

As A Sophomore (UNC)

  • Transferred to the University of North Carolina for the 2022 season.
  • Played in 63 games and made 61 starts as the designated hitter.
  • Finished the season with a batting average of .265 with an OPS of .911.
  • Tied for the team lead in RBI (57) and ranked second on the team in home runs (20).
  • Became the first junior college transfer in program history to hit 20 home runs in his first season at UNC.
  • Hit 13 of his 20 home runs during ACC play with an OPS of .939.
  • Led the team in home runs, slugging percentage (.603) and RBIs (36) during conference play.
  • Tallied 16 multi-RBI games and 14 multi-hit games.
  • Longest on-base streak of the season was nine games and longest hitting streak was eight games (April 8 – 19).
  • Batted .305 with six home runs and 17 RBI in 16 games during the month of April.
  • Homered twice in a game three times: at Duke (March 18), at Louisville (April 8), vs. Florida State (May 19).
  • Smashed a two-run home run in the seventh inning to break a 4-4 tie against UNCW and push the Heels to a 6-4 win.
  • Collected a season-best four hits in the series opener at Louisville (April 8).
  • Tallied eight hits (8-of-16), 10 RBI, three home runs and two doubles in the three game series at UofL.
  • Drove in a run in eight straight games, beginning with the series opener at Louisville (April 8 -19).
  • Hit a two-run home run in the eighth inning to lift UNC to a 7-6 win over NC State in the series finale.
  • Delivered Carolina's 7-5 series-opening win over Florida State with a three-run walk-off homer; also hit a three-run homer in the first inning and finish the game with six RBI.
  • Collected five hits in the series against the Seminoles with three home runs and nine RBI.

Walters State Community College

  • Named 2021 NJCAA DI Player-of-the-Year.
  • First Team All-America.
  • Tennessee Community College Athletic Association (TCCAA) Player-of-the-Year and All-TCCAA Baseball East Team.
  • Finished the 2021 season batting .459 with 25 home runs and leading the nation with 107 RBI in 68 games.
  • His 25 home runs were one shy of the NJCAA lead.
  • Broke the Walters State program record for the most hits (106) and the most RBI in a single season.
  • First player in school history to drive in 100 or more runs.
  • Led Walters State to its best record in program history, finishing the season 61-7 overall.
  • Helped the Senators claim a TCCAA/Appalachian District title and earn the school's third straight trip to the NJCAA Division I Baseball World Series.
  • Played in 19 games during the Covid-shortened 2020 season.
  • Coached by Dave Shelton.

High School

  • Attended Mauldin High School and played two years for coach Jim Maciejewski.
  • Four-year letterwinner for the Mavericks.
  • Named to the 2019 SCBCA 5A all-state team.
  • Selected to play in the 2019 South Carolina Coaches High School All-Star Game.
  • Two-time all-region player, coming in 2018 and 2019.
  • Member of the National Honor Society and student council.

Personal

  • Full name is Alberto Rafael Osuna Sanchez.
  • Born in Greenville, S.C.
  • Son of Ramon Osuna and Anna Sachez de Osuna.
  • Youngest of three children (Anna and Ramon).
  • His brother was selected by the Atlanta Braves in the 14th round of the 2016 MLB Draft out of Walters State.
  • Birthdate: 1/12/2001.